Marc (with a C) was born on the East Coast and now lives in California, not far the birthplace of the Rutan Canard revolution in Tehachapi. Marc operates his hand-built Cozy Mark four, November Eight Three Mike Zulu called Precious Time from a hanger he shares with the legendary Mike Melvill….. Marc shares his home with his beautiful wife and accomplished artist Deanie Zeitlin.  

Marc’s interest in aerospace stretches back to the second golden age of aviation in the early 1980’s. Among his early accomplishments include building a Q2 and graduating from MIT with a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering.  Marc Zeitlin is a recognized expert the canard community and puts his deep and long experience to use in support of our canard community by hosting a free internet support site called “the Unofficial Cozy Builders Web Site” and, additionally, the COZY aircraft builder mailing list for the benefit of the Cozy and greater canard aircraft community.

Marc has worked on a statistically significant portion of the Rutan Canard fleet through his business Burnside Aerospace, keeping our cherished aircraft safer through countless condition inspections. He’s given first canard flight incentive rides to dozens of active builders in Precious Time. 

Marc also enjoys inventing ways to escape yard work.